Email: cadenhickel@gmail.com

Former Policy, PF, and Congress debater for Manhattan High School, KS ('16-'20)

A small amount of Policy debate experience at Emporia State University. ('22)

I competed at NSDA Nationals during my freshman year of HS.

He/him/his pronouns.

Policy Paradigm (listed in order of importance):

Personal attacks of any kind will not be tolerated. Respect given pronouns.

I'm an even split between a policymaker judge and tabula rasa. I'll almost always be voting based on the overall good vs overall harm of a plan. I should not have to make assumptions about what I should vote for. It's the burden of both sides of the debate to at least give the voting issues in their final speeches.

Speed: Fine as long as it's not full-fledged spreading and monotone. At the very least, slow down on taglines and analytics. I prefer moderate speed so arguments are plentiful enough while still being able to interpret what's going on.

Kritiks: No kritiks in JV/Novice divisions. I have little experience with critical debate. If you're going to run a K, explain well.

Topicality: I encourage a good topicality debate as long as it's not abusive. Violations should be fairly blatant and spend time explaining the standards.

Disads: Emphasis on having a decent link. I expect to hear some sort of impact calc debate in the rebuttals.

Counterplans: I'm indifferent. I have hardly seen a CP win but feel free to change that if your heart desires.

Cross-ex: I strongly advise closed cross-examination.

Debate is educational. Have fun; that is the most important thing to me.

https://constitutioncenter.org/media/files/constitution.pdf

This, this is my paradigm

I debated in HS 2016-2020 and college for the last 3 years. Any argument is okay with me as long as it is relevant and well thought out. K's are cool but please please please run them correctly if you're going to run them. I don't know enough about them to be able to judge a sticky K round

Organization is key throughout your speeches. If you're bouncing around through your speech it'll confuse everyone and not give a clear representation of what you're for.

I love speed as long as you're fluent and not mumbling :)

Be respectful because at the end of the day if you're being disrespectful or rude you will not win my ballot, ever

Don’t read a K, I won’t vote for you.